# Maklada

> Your website, already built. See it first. Pay once. Own it. Maklada is a website studio in Pretoria serving all of South Africa. From the Afrikaans "maak klaar, da!" ("finish it, it's done"). It rhymes with "ta-da".

## Prices (once-off, paid upfront, no monthly fees)
- Rebuild · Files: R6,000. Your whole website rebuilt, like-for-like, with every page. You get all the files, the training manual and the change guide. You or your IT person launch it.
- Rebuild · Launched: R7,000. Everything in Files, and we put it live in your own accounts: your domain connected and your Cloudflare hosting (R0 a month) set up in your name.
- New Build: R10,000. Your first website, built from your completed Brief Pack. R5,000 when the brief is accepted, R5,000 before launch.
- Change requests: Changes after launch are R1,000 per change request (one form, about an hour of work, done within 5 working days), or free if you make them yourself with Claude using the change guide.

## Add-ons
- Extra site language (isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho, Setswana, Sepedi …), per language: R750
- Online booking calendar: R1,000
- Online shop with PayFast or Yoco, up to 50 products: from R2,500
- Google Business Profile tune-up + printable "Review us" QR card: R750
- Business email setup: R500
- Logo redrawn as a sharp vector file: R750
- Express build (live within 48 hours): R1,000

## Every website includes
- Unlimited pages (like-for-like for rebuilds)
- Custom design and 3D motion
- English + Afrikaans, and an AI assistant in all 11 official spoken languages, with voice
- Booking and quote requests to email and WhatsApp
- Old links redirected
- Fast and secure, with Lite mode for slow data
- SEO + AI-search ready
- Legal pack: POPIA privacy notice and PAIA manual
- Training manual and change guide
- Launched in your own name

## How it works (rebuild)
1. We find your old website. You don't have to send us anything to start.
2. We rebuild all of it, privately. Every page, on a private preview that search engines can't see.
3. You get a private preview link and decide. Click through it on your phone. No pressure.
4. Pay once and it goes live in your name. If you say no, we delete the preview.

## How it works (no website yet)
1. Download and fill in the Brief Pack. A fillable PDF: your words, your photos, your colours.
2. We check it. We make sure we have everything we need.
3. Pay the R5,000 deposit. Then we build.
4. Preview, one feedback round, then go live. Pay the R5,000 balance and it goes live.

## The Keys Pledge
Your domain, your hosting account, your code and your logins are in your name from day one. No lock-in, no monthly fees to us. We never hold your domain.

## Running costs (paid by the client directly)
Running costs are low and paid directly by you: hosting is free, domains cost about R100–R250 per year each, and the optional AI assistant typically costs R50–R300 per month with a spending cap you set yourself.

## Turnaround
A few working days from the go-ahead. Live within 48 hours, only with the Express add-on (R1,000).

## Languages
Websites come in English and Afrikaans; the AI assistant replies in all 11 official spoken languages of South Africa (English, Afrikaans, isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sepedi, Setswana, Sesotho, Xitsonga, siSwati, Tshivenḓa, isiNdebele), also by voice. This website itself is available in all 11.

## Questions and answers
- **What does "we rebuild your website before you ask" mean?** We find your current website and rebuild all of it on a private preview link. You click through it and decide. Pay once and it goes live in your name. If you say no, we delete the preview.
- **What does it cost?** Rebuild · Files is R6,000. Rebuild · Launched is R7,000 and goes live in your own accounts. A New Build from a completed Brief Pack is R10,000: R5,000 when the brief is accepted and R5,000 before launch. Everything is paid upfront.
- **Are there monthly fees?** No monthly fees, no contracts and no hosting fees to us. Running costs are paid directly by you: hosting R0 on Cloudflare, a domain at about R100–R250 a year, and the optional AI assistant at about R50–R300 a month with your own spending cap.
- **What do I own?** Everything. Your domain, your hosting account, your code and your logins are in your name from day one. We never hold your domain. That's the Keys Pledge.
- **How many pages do I get?** Unlimited. A rebuild is like-for-like: every page your current website has, rebuilt.
- **How long does it take?** A few working days from the go-ahead. If you need it live within 48 hours, add the Express build for R1,000.
- **Which languages?** Your website comes in English and Afrikaans. The AI assistant replies in all 11 official spoken languages, also by voice. Extra site languages are R750 each.
- **What if I want changes later?** R1,000 per change request (one form, about an hour of work, done within 5 working days), or free if you make the change yourself with Claude and the change guide.
- **I don't have a website yet.** Download the Brief Pack (a fillable PDF), fill it in and send it back. We check it, you pay the R5,000 deposit, and you get a preview with one feedback round. Pay the R5,000 balance and it goes live.
- **What if I don't like the preview?** Say no and we delete the preview. You pay nothing.
- **Will the AI assistant make things up?** No. It answers only from your own business facts. If it doesn't know, it gives your phone number, WhatsApp and email. It never invents prices, dates or promises.
- **Is my website POPIA compliant?** Every site ships with a POPIA privacy notice and a PAIA manual. That's general information, not legal advice: check your own situation with a lawyer.
- **Does it work on slow phones and expensive data?** Yes. Lite mode switches on by itself for slow connections and data saver, and visitors can switch it on themselves. The page shows how many kilobytes it used.
- **Will I rank first on Google?** Nobody can honestly promise that. Every site is SEO and AI-search ready: structured data, a sitemap, an llms.txt file and a clean FAQ.

## Key pages
- [Home](https://maklada.co.za/)
- [How it works](https://maklada.co.za/how-it-works)
- [Prices, rent-vs-own calculator and Keys Pledge](https://maklada.co.za/prices)
- [Website X-ray: free website check](https://maklada.co.za/xray)
- [New Build and the Brief Pack (PDF)](https://maklada.co.za/new-build)
- [Live demo websites](https://maklada.co.za/demos)
- [Websites per industry](https://maklada.co.za/industries)
- [FAQ](https://maklada.co.za/faq)
- [About the name and the story](https://maklada.co.za/about)
- [Contact](https://maklada.co.za/contact)
- [Terms and Keys Pledge](https://maklada.co.za/terms)
- [Privacy notice (POPIA)](https://maklada.co.za/privacy)
- [PAIA manual](https://maklada.co.za/paia-manual)
- [Optometrist demo (fictional business)](https://optometrist.maklada.co.za)
- [Physiotherapist demo (fictional business)](https://physio.maklada.co.za)
- [Brief Pack (fillable PDF)](https://maklada.co.za/downloads/Maklada-Website-Brief-Pack.pdf)